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MS5982

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5982
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy
Date Made 6th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Impasto
Description

Intact save for most of handle and bit of rim. Disk fiit, conical in profile beneath. Plump ovoid body. Distinct articulation between body and neck. NEck flaring in profile; lip is its upper termination. Handle was of broad strap variety, vertical loop, rising from shoulder and attached above at lip. Stub of lower attachment remains. Grayish brown clay. Moderately lustrous black surface.

Height 12.5 cm
Outside Diameter 9.3 cm

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